ROTARY HACKLE PLIERS

[Bruno]

Anyone use them? I need to get a new set and saw these online. Anyone have the good the bad or the ugly on these items.

 

[tomgamber]

The only thing i'll say is that I have had little luck with any hackle pliers that don't have the little rubber grips in the jaws...

 

[sandfly]

i use them along with standard..I like them they keep the hackle from twisting wrong..

 

[stonefly]

I love the rotary hackle pliers I didn't think that hackle pliers would be as good as my finger until i tried these I highly reccomend getting them.

 

[buffalo]

I have them and like them but didn't throw away the regular ones.
Buffalo

 

[MKern]

By rotary hackle pliers, so you mean the ones with a long stick with the plier on the end?

If so, I though they were for parachute style hackles.?.?

 

[afishinado]

Rotating hackle pliers in action:

Rotating Hackle Pliers

I turn the fly 90* and use conventional hackle pliers to tie in hackle for a parachute. Seeing this video makes me rethink that. The rotating hackle pliers look like the way to go - fast and easy. HTH

 

[Bruno]

They are the way to go ............... Damn I wish I lost the old ones sooner

 

[wayne32pa]

I love my rotary hackle pliers, they make parachutes very easy

 

[wayne32pa]

this is the one I use I like the weight of it...
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[MarvinSwanson]

I haven't used standard pliers in over a decade. I either use my fingers or rotary.